Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. Bodinger

Decided January 10, 1955. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 31 · 348 U.S. 176 (1955) · Cited 462 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Enelow v. New York Life Insurance · 293 U.S. 379 (1935)
• City of Morgantown v. Royal Insurance · 337 U.S. 254 (1949)
• Shanferoke Coal & Supply Corp. v. Westchester Service Corp. · 293 U.S. 449 (1935)
• Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 317 U.S. 188 (1943)
• Schoenamsgruber v. Hamburg American Line · 294 U.S. 454 (1935)
• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · 337 U.S. 541 (1949)
• Catlin v. United States · 324 U.S. 229 (1945)
• Wilko v. Swan · 346 U.S. 427 (1953)
• Cobbledick v. United States · 309 U.S. 323 (1940)
• Stack v. Boyle · 342 U.S. 1 (1951)
• Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A. · 339 U.S. 684 (1950)
• Dickinson v. Petroleum Conversion Corp. · 338 U.S. 507 (1950)
• Cogen v. United States · 278 U.S. 221 (1929)
• Roberts v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California · 339 U.S. 844 (1950)
• Radio Station Wow, Inc. v. Johnson · 326 U.S. 120 (1945)
• McLish v. Roff · 141 U.S. 661 (1891)
• Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court, Los Angeles Cty. · 284 U.S. 8 (1931)

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• Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. v. Mayacamas Corp. · 485 U.S. 271 (1988)
• Carson v. American Brands, Inc. · 450 U.S. 79 (1981)
• Gardner v. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. · 437 U.S. 478 (1978)
• Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay · 437 U.S. 463 (1978)
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. MacKey · 351 U.S. 427 (1956)
• A.A.R.P. v. Trump · 605 U.S. 91 (2025)
• Stringfellow v. Concerned Neighbors in Action · 480 U.S. 370 (1987)
• Switzerland Cheese Assn., Inc. v. E. Horne's Market, Inc. · 385 U.S. 23 (1966)
• Carroll v. United States · 354 U.S. 394 (1957)
• Goodall-Sanford, Inc. v. United Textile Workers, A. F. L. Local 1802 · 353 U.S. 550 (1957)

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